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[edit] Hello, The Herald. The article for improvement of the week is:
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Catch source on WP:ICTFSOURCES
[edit]I am confused if Catch on the list is simply some site named catch or is it Catch News. Can you tell me? The Catch also had red background but had reliable sign on it. I think reliable sign was typo between gu and gr. Can you check on this? RangersRus (talk) 22:30, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- RangersRus, Hey, thanks for the message. So, I have been skimming through RSN and page histories for the past hour. The Catch mentioned in the table is, IMO, some old entry on a blog/webiste, which was unreliable. I can't find them in the internet (I used two engines). They must have gone defunct. The Catch News you mentioned is a RS by Rajasthan Patrika. So you can make the changes accordingly. Good "catch", lol. Happy editing RR :) — The Herald (Benison) (talk) 07:13, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you :D I have added catchnews.com to the list as reliable to avoid confusion with "Catch". I have left "Catch" blog on the list for now because I am not sure how widely that blog was attributed on pages where cleanup might be needed. RangersRus (talk) 14:08, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
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Thank you for improving articles on October! - My story today is a cantata 300 years old, based on a hymn 200 years old when the cantata was composed, based on a psalm some thousand years old, - so said the 2015 DYK hook. I had forgotten the discussion on the talk. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:41, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
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